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Template for medallions and portrait plaques. A pin can be placed in the center and can be fastened to clay and then the template is spun around 360 degrees to rough out the shape.

Template for medallions and portrait plaques. A pin can be placed in the center and can be fastened to clay and then the template is spun around 360 degrees to rough out the shape.

Template for medallions and portrait plaques. There is a pin in the center that can be fastened to clay and then the template is spun around 360 degrees to rough out the shape.

Ugly Duckling, armature, 1960
Metal and wood

These armatures and maquettes illustrate the common working practices of traditional figurative sculptors like Fredericks. He fashioned the armatures from flexible wire and sheet metal to support the…

Full-Scale wood armature for Sun Worshipper. There is still much plasteline residue on the armature.

"The mysterious Sun Worshipper, originally designed in 1937, was enlarged and cast to Full-Scale in 1994. Fredericks treated this enigmatic,…

Star Dream armature for female figure.

Armature head and torso section of the male figure for Star Dream. Armature is made from wood and polyethylene foam. There is some clay residue on the armature.

Plaster, wood and metal site model.

Architectural drawings for the Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium include a proposal, c. 1956, for a Tracy W. McGregor Memorial Fountain that incorporates this design; a revised version was proposed for Shain Park…

Plaster, wood and metal site model.

Architectural drawings for the Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium include a proposal, c. 1956, for a Tracy W. McGregor Memorial Fountain that incorporates this design; a revised version was proposed for Shain Park…

Plaster, wood and metal site model.

Architectural drawings for the Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium include a proposal, c. 1956, for a Tracy W. McGregor Memorial Fountain that incorporates this design; a revised version was proposed for Shain Park…